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by Mia Taylor on April 20, 2023 Last up to date: 1:40 PM ET, Thu April 20, 2023 Jamaica skilled its greatest and finest winter tourism season in historical past this 12 months and the island is on monitor for a continued journey trade growth for the foreseeable future.Between January and March of 2023, Jamaica recorded 1.18 million guests, Jamaica’s minister of tourism Edmund Bartlett mentioned lately, whereas opening Jamaica’s Sectoral Debate in parliament. The customer ranges for early 2023 symbolize progress of 94.4 p.c over the identical interval in 2022. All of these guests triggered report earnings of $1.15…

by Brian Major on April 20, 2023 Last up to date: 1:00 PM ET, Thu April 20, 2023 Toro Verde Adventure Park Puerto Rico (Photo through Brian Major)Puerto Rico tourism continues to show sturdy momentum post-outbreak. Passenger arrivals into Puerto Rico’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport are up 21 p.c year-over-year within the first quarter, mentioned officers at Discover Puerto Rico (DPR), the island’s vacation spot advertising and marketing company.  In an April 19 analysis replace report, DPR cited “extra arrivals from key U.S. mainland” as behind the first-quarter progress. Officials additionally recognized “particularly sturdy year-over-year will increase from Canada,…

by Donald Wood on April 20, 2023 Last up to date: 11:50 AM ET, Thu April 20, 2023 Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. (Photo Credit: Walt Disney World Resort Media)Walt Disney World Resort introduced that Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party would return on August 11 and run on choose dates by means of November 1. The nighttime occasions begin at 7 p.m. ET and are limited-capacity, offering guests with shorter wait occasions on points of interest and themed meals and beverage choices. Tickets go on sale to vacationers staying at choose Disney World resorts on April 27 and to most of the…

by Patrick Clarke on April 20, 2023 Last up to date: 11:35 AM ET, Thu April 20, 2023 Canal St. Streetcar. (photograph by way of New Orleans & Company)New Orleans & Company is celebrating the arrival of summer time within the Big Easy with a particular seasonal Travel Advisor FAM.From June by August, greater than 20 accommodations all through New Orleans are providing journey advisor charges beginning at $69 plus taxes per evening. What’s extra, many resort packages accessible solely for certified journey advisors embody discounted parking, free Wi-Fi and reductions at resort bars. Keep in thoughts that some blackout…

by Donald Wood on April 20, 2023 Last up to date: 10:20 AM ET, Thu April 20, 2023 JetBlue Airbus A321. (picture through JetBlue Media)JetBlue introduced two new routes from Puerto Rico, launching this summer season. The airline will provide year-round service between Luis Munoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina, in addition to between Rafael Hernandez International Airport in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, and Tampa International Airport in Florida.The new San Juan-to-Raleigh and Aguadilla-to-Tampa companies are scheduled to debut on July 5, with each routes utilizing the Airbus A320 plane. In…

Southwest Airlines Boeing 737. (picture through Joshua Olson/iStock Editorial/Getty Images Plus)This isn’t humorous anymore.Actually, it was by no means humorous. But all of us sort of chuckled and seemed the opposite means.No extra. This is really a life-and-death matter.It’s time for the Federal Aviation Administration or one other authorities company to floor Southwest Airlines.If you haven’t heard, the airline had one other floor stoppage this week, though it mentioned it lasted solely 16 minutes. But a pilot for Southwest, who additionally occurs to be vice chairman of the Pilots Association, mentioned it was extra like 90 minutes. Does it even…

by Donald Wood on April 20, 2023 Last up to date: 9:10 AM ET, Thu April 20, 2023 Delta Sky Club Central Lounge at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. (Photo Credit: Delta Air Lines Media)Delta Air Lines opened its new Delta Sky Club at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport on April 19, permitting vacationers to calm down and recharge in a nature-inspired oasis on the higher degree of the not too long ago expanded G concourse. The opening added greater than 21,000 sq. ft of premium area to Delta’s lounge portfolio, making it the biggest on the airline’s Minneapolis hub. With seating…

If you want to take pleasure in bike using amidst the snow-capped peaks and blue skies in Ladakh, then this information is for you.Ladakh is undoubtedly on the bucket record of most vacationers world wide. Why? Because of the towering barren mountains, blue skies, wealthy Tibetan tradition, vibrant festivals, historic monasteries, and spellbinding views. Plus, who doesn’t take pleasure in using a motorcycle or driving a automobile with such a wonderful panorama round them? Be it any month of the height season; vacationers throng Ladakh in massive numbers from throughout the globe. So in case you are planning a visit to…

by Rich Thomaselli on April 19, 2023 Last up to date: 11:55 AM ET, Wed April 19, 2023 Fish on the road whereas fishing. (Photo Credit: ANDY_BOWLIN / iStock / Getty Images Plus)Boy, do we have now a fish story for you! The query just isn’t whether or not he was caught, the query is why haven’t we heard about this prior to now? Surely this could’t be the primary time any person has tried to do that. A person was videotaped fishing from the balcony of a cruise ship. True story.A visitor was filmed in a video that has gone…

by Donald Wood on April 19, 2023 Last up to date: 8:00 PM ET, Wed April 19, 2023 Purchasing hashish. (Photo Credit: stockstudioX / E+)As curiosity continues to rise in marijuana-related tourism, increasingly more resort and resort manufacturers are leaning into the pattern and incorporating extra 4/20-friendly lodging and packages. From Las Vegas including its first cannabis-friendly property to the Attorney General of Hawaii saying the state would take into account legalizing the leisure use of marijuana, the highest journey locations within the United States proceed to embrace hashish tourism.Data from Forbes confirmed the hashish tourism business was already value…